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No. 65|,208. Patented lune y51900.

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TAILORS SQUARE.

(Application led'Aug. 17, 1899.)

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No. 651,208. Patentd lune 5, |900.

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TAILORS SOUARE.

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DOMENICO SEBASTIANO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAILORS SQUARE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,208, dated .Tune 5, 1900.

Application led August 17, 1899- D To @ZZ whom, it may concer/ i:

Beitknown that I, DOMENICO SEBASTIANO, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment-CuttingSquare, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates toan improvement'in devices for laying out garments and patterns therefor; and it consists of a 'square having groups of marks arranged thereon in such a manner that the essential points ot a garment may be located and the garment outlined by properly connecting these points.

My invention comprises the novel features, which are hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of one side of the square. Fig'. 2 i's a face view of the other side of the square; and Fig. 3 is a view of a chart, showing the manner of laying out a pattern or garment.

The square,'as herein shown, has upon one face thereof the proper scale or groups of marks, which are adapted for use in laying out patterns of certain sizes, and the opposite side is adapted for use in layingout patterns of another series of sizes. Theuse of the device for the different sizes is substantially the same. One blade of the square--as, for instance, the blade I-is used for laying out the positions of certain reference-lines or lines which extend across the pattern and which locate certain positions upon the garmentfor instance, the bottom of the arm-opening and the waist-line. The other blade of the square is laid out with groups of marks arranged in plural series, the groups of each series being used for locating points upon the cross-lines, which are located by the marks upon the other blade of the square. The marks of each group are so placed with reference to the corner-angle of the square as to locate corresponding patterns for garments of different sizes.

The device is used in the following manner: The square is first placed upon the cloth or the sheet of paper from which the pattern I of the square.

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is to be made and the two cordinate axes of a pattern. Along the line B C,Which is a vertical line of the pattern, is placed the blade It will be noted that each along this edge of the square, contains the same number of marks, the marks correspondin g with the size of pattern with which they are to be used. If, for instance, a 36 pattern is to be laid out, the marks in each one of these groups, which are to be used, is the mark which is opposite the figure 36. When the square has been placed in position, the marks corresponding with the size of the pattern in each one of the groups J, J', J 2, J 3, andl J 4 are used for locating points upon the line B C. The group J is used for laying out the point 24 upon this line. The group J' locates the point 5, the group J2 locates the point 6, the group J 3 locates the point D, and the group J 4 locates the point E, which is the waist-line. tion, it is also used for locating points upon the line A B at the top of the pattern. For this purpose the groups of marks K, K', K2, K3, and K4 are used. These groups of marks are distinguished from the next or central groups of marks by lying closer to the edge While the square is in this posiofthe square and by the fact that the cenv tral groups of marks L, L', L2,'and L3 have two parallel lines extending longitudinally of this blade I-I of the square across their inner ends. Any mark by which thetwo groups may be readily distinguished will answer. The proper mark in each of the groups K K', dac., is used to locate a point along the line A B. In this manner the points A, 1, 2, 3, and 4 are located. The square is then moved down to the point 5, which has been located on the line B C, and a horizontal line is drawn through said point 5, and on this horizontal line the points S and 14 are located-by. perpendicular lines drawn through the points 3 and A, respectively. The intersection of a horizontal line through the point 6 with the continuation of the perpendicular line 3 8 locates the point 9 uponthe armhole. The

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tern. -nected by curved lines, which indicate the square is then dropped to the point D and the horizontal line D F drawn, which locates the bottom ofthe armhole and the upper ends of two darts. The square is then dropped to the point Eand the horizontal line E Gr drawn, which approximately locates the waist-line.

lVhen the square is upon the line D F, the

central series of groups L, L', L2, and L3 are used to locate the points 25, 13, 10, and F.`

The point 25 is used for locating the curve connecting the points 17 and 9. The points 10 and 13 locate the upper ends of the two pendicularline is also drawn with the square through the point 1, and the point 7 is located by using the supplementary scale N, which is placedupon the end of the blade of the The curve connecting the points 7 andla is then putin by the eye, as is also the curve ofthe armhole, points for the same being furnished by the lines 3 12 2 11 and by the `zpoints 9 and 10. A line is then drawn connecting the points 6 and 7, which locates alportion of the upper border-line ofthe pat- 'lhe points 8 4 and 4 2i are then conmargin of another portion of the top of the pattern.

The-intersection of a line drawn through u the `points G l and between the points A and 22 will locate the point 15. Lines drawn from the points 10 and 13, respectively, to the points 21 2O and 19 1S will locate the two side darts,

-while lines drawn from the point to the `points 2322 will locate another dart.

The line connecting the` points 15 and 22 should l `be curved after the manner indicated in the i chart. points2ft and 10, which indicates the back. `As the line E G represents the Waist-line, the `continuation of the `waist below this point may be made as much or as little, as desiied.

Aline is also drawn connecting the Itis evident that with a square laid off after the-manner described a pattern may be readily `cut of any size desired and different squares may be laid off for use in cutting dit'-` ferent.. garments. Vith such a square it would be asimple lnatter for any person to learn how to use it to cut a garment. 1 It `will- `be noticed that in the groups M3 and M4 the inner ends of the various lines are `connected 1n pairs bydiagonal lines. `case both of the lines which have the same In this number marked opposite them are to be used forwthe `same sized garment. These two groups of lines are used forlocatin g the points 18 19and'30 21 to represent the sides of the dart. r-In case agarment did not have these dartsa single line would be used in these groups as inthe other groups. The same `feature is shown at R3 in Fig. 2, in which one 6mes size of the garment for which this side of the scale is laid out is provided with darts,while the other sizes are not provided with darts. Upon this side of the scale the groups of marks O, O, 02,03, and O4 are used for obtaining the position of the various points upon the garment,while the groups P, P', P2, P3, and P4 are used for obtaining the position of points on the horizontal axis, which is located at the top of the garment, While the groups Q and Q are used for obtaining the position of points 011 the central horizontal line and the groups R, R', R2, and R3 for obtaining the position of points on the Waistline. n

The scale S, located at the end of one blade of the square,',is used for obtaining the location of the point corresponding to thepoint 7 in the chart, Fig. `The two edges of the scale which are `not provided with marks of this character are preferably llaid out in inches, as shown at T. and T.

It will be observed that my improved square contains a large number of scales, some of which are related'to each other, in4 that they are adapted to locate points on the sameline.

`It would obviously be conf using1 and liable to lead to mistakes if allthe scaleswere similar to each other. For this reason-I have applied the same or substantially thel same distinguishing-markto all scales of the` same group or series and diierent marks to scales of different series. Thus the scales KfK'KaKB K4 are distinguished by an oblique lineat the inner ends of theirgraduations, so that it will be easy for the operator to mark the five points `corresponding tothese `.scales oit the same referenceline l of the pattern. yThe scales L L L2 L3 are distinguished bya double line, the scales M M M5 M by a single line IOO parallel to the edge, while the scales `MSHM4 Y have a slightly-diierent mark; `but as `these are the onlyscales along this edge of thesquare no mistake is possible. The advantage of these 'identifying-marks will be obvious.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A square for laying out garments and patterns therefor, havingtwo blades. with-series of marks arranged in groups or. scales along the longitudinal edgesofthe blades, sundry of the scales on one blade being adapted for the location of reference-points on one of two cordinate axes, and sundry ofthe scales on the other blade being adaptedfor the location of reference-points on the Vother cordinateaxis, while the remainingscales areadapted for the location of `points upon auxiliary lines drawn throughpoints located by the first-mentioned scales, the scales `bein g different, `but numbered alike to enablethe operator to readily ascertain which `points of the several scales correspond to each other.

2. A square for laying fout garments and patterns therefor, having series of marks arranged in groups or scales along the longitu- IIO 651,2o f y el dinal edges of the squares blades, the scales being different, but numbered alike to enable the operator to readily ascertain which points of the several scales correspond to each other, sundry of said scales having a double series of marks, that is, two marks for each designation or numeral, and each two such corresponding marks being connected by a suitable line.

3. A square for laying out garments and patterns therefor, having two blades with series of marks arranged in groups or scales along the longitudinal edges of the blades, sundry of the scales on one blade being adapted for the location of reference-points on one of two cordinate aXes,and sundry of the scales on the other blade being adapted for the locanate aXis,While the remaining scales are adapted for the location of points upon auxiliary lines drawn through points located by the rstmentioned scales, the scales being different, but numbered alike to enable the operator to readily ascertain Which points of the several scales correspond to each other, sundry of said scales having a double series of marks, that is, two marks for each designation or numeral, and each two such corresponding marks being connected by a suitable line.

DOMENICO SEBASTIANO.

Witnesses: y

ALEEED H. DAvIs, EVERAED BOLTON MARSHALL. 

